Tool



UNITED FRANK C..HOSSIE'AND HENRY WILD, 0F DETROIT, MICHIGAN,ASSIGNORS-TO GENERAL MANUFACTURING com'rnn'r, or DETROIT,

IGAN.

IMZICHIGANQ'A CORPORATION OF MIGH- TOOL.

To a]! whom it may concern: I

Be it known that we, FRANK Q. Hossin,

and Hnxny W'iLn, citizens of the United of which the followingoperatively engage the projections on the tool holder.

It further consists ina pilot at the outer I end of the cutterandprovidedwith projecpins of hard tough steel. D?

- tions engaging transverseteeth. formed on theadjacent end of thecutter whereby the pilot may be compelled to turn with the cutter.

It also consists in providing the shank of the cutter and the sockettherefor with inter-engaging members formed on the ,Well knownbayonet-lock principle, in forming the shank with. a transverse notch inits inner end, and in mounting a spring-actuated non-rotatable detent inthe socket to enter said groove and restrain the shank from turningafter it has been secured in place by means of the bayonet'lock.

' It also consists of the details ofconstruction illustrated in theaccompanying drawings and claims; A

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a central longitudinal section of thesocket and cutter of this improved tool. Fig. 2 is an end ele vation ofthe tool taken from the left in F 1. Fig.1 is a perspective of apreferred modification of'the interengaging parts of the socket'andcutter. Fig. 4 is a side elevation and Fig. 5 an end elevation .Of adetent on a larger scale. Fig. (i .is a perspective of a cutter and itsshank. Fig. 7 is an inner end elevation of the pilot.

Similar reference letters refer to like partsthroughout the severalviews.

T he holder portion of this tool is prefer ably formed with a standardshank 1 and with a socket Q'through whose wall-extend thi: screws 3 and4 and from whose outer end may extend the projections 5; preferablyalthough they may he formed integral with the socket.

Specification of Letters Patent.

an, have invented a new hole in the work,

and turned until the particularly pointed out in thefercntial the shankhas pressed the detent back and left ends of manta Mar .9,1920.

Application filed March 31, 1919; Serial No. 286,515.

The cutter 6 is preferably of-the usual cylindrical. form and may haveelongated notches 8 in its inner end and whose teeth '9 are separated byindentations .7 which extend across the outer or cutting end.

A shanklO may be integralwith thecutter or rigidly secured thereto, andthis shank; is preferably formed with a longitudinal. groove 11 (Fig. 6)connecting witha circumferential groove 12 which receives the reducedinner end of the screw 4. The shank may also be formed with a transversenotch 13, and a detent Hmay be slidably mounted in the socket 2. Thecylindrical body of this detent is shown with an elon: gated hole 15 toreceive the inner end of the screw 3, the hole. permitting longitudinalmovement of the detent under pressure of the spring 1601' of the shank10. The trans verse tooth 17 of the detent preferably fits the notch 13.

In order to center the cutter with a pilot the pilot 18 may be employedand this is preferably formed with projections 19 to engage teeth 9 ofthe cutter so that the pilot will always turn with the cutter. The pilotmay be held in position by' a pin 20 which may have a fiat inclinedsurface 21 which may he engaged hy the screw 22carried by the shank" 10.

When the cutter is to be mounted on the holder, the shank 10 is insertedin the socketend of the screw 4: enters'thc end of'the longitudinalgroove 11, whereupon the shank may be moved. inwardly until the screw 4reaches the circumgroove 12, at which time-the end of compressed thespring 16. -The cutter and shank are now turned until the tooth 17enters the notch 13, as shown in Fig. Lat which position the detent willrestrain the shank from turning, back in the socket and again bring thesc'rew t'and groove 11 into alinement. The detent tooth 17, the notches8 in the cutter, the screw 4, and the grooves 11 and 12 in the shank areSo positioned that the pins 5 on the socket will be at the Y thenotches8 when the screw 4 is in alinement with the groove 11, and the pins 5will be in right or driving-ends of the notches 8 when the tooth 17 isin the transverse notch 13 'in. the end of the shank.

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To remove the cutter from the holder it is merely necessary to turn thecutter ahead ti. o

a few degrees against the force of the detent to bring the screw -l andthe groove 9 lntoalinement whereupon the shank 8 Will slide out of thesocket freely.

A preferred form or interengaging mechanism between the socket andcutter is shown in Fig. 3 where the cutter 6" has an integral transversehit 24- formed with tapering ends. at the base of the shank 10. and thesocket 2 has a counterbore 25 and transverse notches or grooves 2G ofsuch Width that diagonally opposite sides of the bit 24 maysimultaneouslv engage diagonally opposite sides of the projections 27.This permits the shank 10 to be turned in the bore of the socket so asto aline the tooth 17 with the transverse notch 13 after the shank hasbeen inserted fully. Both he hit and grooves therefor can be easilymachined even .il the cutter is of high speed steel.

The (let-ails and proportions of the various parts may all. be changedby those skilled in the artwithout departin from the spirit of ourinvention as set forth in the following claims.

1. In a tool, the combination of a socket having projections at its openend, a shank extending into the socket and means to hold it in position,and a substantially cylindri- 'cal cutter connected to the shank andhaving portiohs to engage the projections on the socket.

In a tool, the combination of a holder having a central longitudinalbore, a shank fitting said bore, means to hold the shank in the bore,and a cutter connected to the shank, said cutter and holder havinginterengaging portions.

In a tool, the combination of a holder having a central longitudinalbore and a projection at the open end of the bore, a shank fitting saidbore and having a circumferential groove and a longitudinal groove. thelatter extending to 'the circumferential groove, an engaging memberprojecting into said bore and adapted to travel along the longitudinaland circumferential grooves, a

movable detent mounted in the bore of said holder and adapted to engagethe shank to restrain it from' turning, and afcutter connected to theouter endof the shank.

' 4. In a tool, the combination of a hollow .holder and a shank fittingtherein and kept from falling out by a bayonet look, a cutter at theouter end of the shank, said cutter being driven lay-means ofinterengaging pr0 jections on the holder and cutter, and a pilotgitudinahgroovc for the projection to reach the circumferential groove,and means to re strain the shank from turnino comprising a non-rotatabledetc'nt adapted to engage in said transverse groove in the end of theshank.

6. In a tool," the combination of a holder and a cutter, one of saidmembers having a central bore and the other an extension fitting thebore, means to secure the mei'nbers from longitudinal movement butpermitting rotation relative to each other, and means comprisingprojections on one of said members and notches in the other memberwhereby the holder may rotate the cutter.

- 7. In a tool, the combination of a holdm" and a cutter, one of saidmembers having a central bore and the other an extension litting'thebore, means to secure the members from longitudinal movement butperniittin rotation relative to each other, and means comprising atransverse projection on the cutter and notches in the holder wherebythe holder ma nrotate the cutter.

8. In a' tool, the combination of a holder and a cutter, one of saidmembers having a central bore and the other an extension fitting thebore, one of said members formed with a notch, a movable spring helddetentmounted on the other member and adapted to enter said notch, meansto secure the members from longitudinal movement but permitting rotationrelative to each other, and means independent of the detent whereby theholder may rotate the cutter.

, 9. Ina tool, the combination of a holder and a cutter, one of saidmembers having a central bore and the other an extension fitting thebore, the end of the holder engaging a shoulder of the cutter, one ofsaid members having a notch, a spring held detent' mounted on the othermember and adapted to engage the notch, and projections extendingparallel to said bore across between the end of the holder and'thecutter whereby the the cutter. FRANK C. HOSSIE. HENRY WILD.

holder may rotate

